Indoor Air Quality
Awareness of pollution and its effects on human health have traditionally focused on sources such as factories, combustion power stations and internal combustion engined vehicles.
However, pollution generated inside homes and offices can also be significant - particularly so given the long exposure times spent in these locations.
Emissions from activities such as cooking, vaping, use of solid fuel stoves all have an impact on indoor air quality, and consequent implications for human health.
Cambustion particle and gas instruments offer researchers a range of insights into different aspects of indoor pollution, which can often be highly localised, both in time and space.
An overview of the indoor pollution related to cooking, woodstove use, and 3D printing is given in a the videos below.
Cooking and toasters
Kitchens can be a major source of indoor air pollution, with activities such as cooking bacon and making toast causing significant emissions of nanoparticles.
Emissions from a desktop 3D printer
3D printing is becoming increasingly common for DIY project, but it can have a significant impact on indoor air quality.
Nanoparticles from a wood stove
Is it justified to consider wood stoves as a significant source of indoor air pollution? Measurements with a DMS500 offer some initial insight.
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